# Codebook
## Dataset: Big Five Personality Traits, Psychological Health, and Work Engagement Among Ukrainian Civil Servants Under Martial Law

**Associated publication:** Shymko, V. (2025). Big Five Personality Traits, Psychological Health, and Work Engagement: Insights from Motivational Groups During Wartime in Ukraine. *[Psychological Studies]*.

**Repository:** Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A5MPPS

**Data collection:** September 2023, online survey (Google Forms)

**Organization:** Probation Department, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

**Total N:** 1,667

**File:** `B5_PH_WE_wartime_dataset.csv`

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## Variable Descriptions

### 1. EXTROVERSION
**Label:** Extroversion (Big Five)
**Source:** Ten-Item Personality Inventory, Ukrainian adaptation (TIPI-UKR; Klimanska & Haletska, 2019; Gosling et al., 2003)
**Computation:** Mean of items 1 and 6R (item 6 reverse-scored)
**Scale:** Continuous, range 1.0–7.0
**Higher values:** Greater extroversion
**Item 1 wording:** "I consider myself a person who is — SOCIABLE, ACTIVE"
**Item 6 wording (reverse):** "I consider myself a person who is — RESERVED, QUIET"
**Response options:** 1 = Disagree strongly, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Somewhat disagree, 4 = Neither agree nor disagree, 5 = Somewhat agree, 6 = Agree, 7 = Agree strongly

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### 2. AGREEABLENESS
**Label:** Agreeableness (Big Five)
**Source:** TIPI-UKR
**Computation:** Mean of items 2R and 7 (item 2 reverse-scored)
**Scale:** Continuous, range 1.0–7.0
**Higher values:** Greater agreeableness
**Item 2 wording (reverse):** "I consider myself a person who is — CRITICAL, CONFLICT-PRONE"
**Item 7 wording:** "I consider myself a person who is — TACTFUL, EMPATHETIC, FRIENDLY"
**Response options:** Same 7-point scale as above

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### 3. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
**Label:** Conscientiousness (Big Five)
**Source:** TIPI-UKR
**Computation:** Mean of items 3 and 8R (item 8 reverse-scored)
**Scale:** Continuous, range 1.0–7.0
**Higher values:** Greater conscientiousness
**Item 3 wording:** "I consider myself a person who is — CONSCIENTIOUS, DISCIPLINED"
**Item 8 wording (reverse):** "I consider myself a person who is — DISORGANIZED, CARELESS"
**Response options:** Same 7-point scale as above

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### 4. EMOTION_STABILITY
**Label:** Emotional Stability (Big Five)
**Source:** TIPI-UKR
**Computation:** Mean of items 4R and 9 (item 4 reverse-scored)
**Scale:** Continuous, range 1.0–7.0
**Higher values:** Greater emotional stability (lower neuroticism)
**Note:** The original TIPI dimension is Neuroticism; reverse scoring of item 4 produces an Emotional Stability score, such that higher values reflect a psychological resource rather than a vulnerability.
**Item 4 wording (reverse):** "I consider myself a person who is — ANXIOUS, PRONE TO WORRY"
**Item 9 wording:** "I consider myself a person who is — CALM, EMOTIONALLY STABLE"
**Response options:** Same 7-point scale as above

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### 5. OPENNESS
**Label:** Openness to Experience (Big Five)
**Source:** TIPI-UKR
**Computation:** Mean of items 5 and 10R (item 10 reverse-scored)
**Scale:** Continuous, range 1.0–7.0
**Higher values:** Greater openness to experience
**Item 5 wording:** "I consider myself a person who is — OPEN TO NEW THINGS, VERSATILE"
**Item 10 wording (reverse):** "I consider myself a person who is — DOES NOT LIKE CHANGE OR SEEKING NEW SOLUTIONS"
**Response options:** Same 7-point scale as above

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### 6. PsyHealth
**Label:** Psychological Health (self-evaluated)
**Source:** Single-item global self-evaluation
**Item wording:** "How would you evaluate the state of your psychological health overall? This question refers not only to work, but to your everyday life in general."
**Scale:** Ordinal, 5 categories
**Response options:**
- 1 = I feel helpless, perhaps in a life crisis
- 2 = I mostly experience difficulties that I find hard to overcome
- 3 = I feel different things — there are good days and bad ones
- 4 = I feel mostly well
- 5 = I feel better than ever

**Higher values:** Better psychological health

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### 7. PotentialRealization
**Label:** Work Engagement (Potential Realization)
**Source:** Single-item behavioral engagement measure
**Item wording:** "If the maximum effort and diligence you could theoretically apply at your workplace were rated as 100%, what proportion of this potential do you typically apply in your daily work?"
**Scale:** Ordinal, 6 categories
**Response options:**
- 1 = 0–20%
- 2 = 21–40%
- 3 = 41–60%
- 4 = 61–80%
- 5 = over 80%
- 6 = 100%

**Higher values:** Higher work engagement

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### 8. WarInfluence
**Label:** Motivational Appraisal of Wartime Conditions (grouping variable)
**Source:** Single-item appraisal measure
**Item wording:** "How does martial law affect your attitude toward work?"
**Scale:** Nominal, 3 categories
**Response options and group assignment:**
- 1 = It suppresses my desire to work → Demotivating group (n = 505; 30.3%)
- 2 = It has no effect → Neutral group (n = 737; 44.2%)
- 3 = It stimulates my desire to work even harder → Motivating group (n = 425; 25.5%)

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### 9. Age
**Label:** Age group
**Source:** Demographic item
**Scale:** Ordinal, 9 categories
**Response options:**
- 1 = up to 25 years
- 2 = 26–30 years
- 3 = 31–35 years
- 4 = 36–40 years
- 5 = 41–45 years
- 6 = 46–50 years
- 7 = 51–55 years
- 8 = 56–60 years
- 9 = over 60 years

**In analysis:** Treated as continuous ordinal predictor in SEM

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### 10. Gender
**Label:** Gender
**Source:** Demographic item
**Scale:** Binary
**Coding:**
- 0 = Female (n = 1,305; 78.3%)
- 1 = Male (n = 362; 21.7%)

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## Sample Characteristics

| Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| **Gender** | | |
| Female | 1,305 | 78.3 |
| Male | 362 | 21.7 |
| **Age group** | | |
| Up to 25 years | 139 | 8.3 |
| 26–30 years | 206 | 12.4 |
| 31–35 years | 348 | 20.9 |
| 36–40 years | 402 | 24.1 |
| 41–45 years | 307 | 18.4 |
| 46–50 years | 156 | 9.4 |
| 51–55 years | 71 | 4.3 |
| 56–60 years | 24 | 1.4 |
| Over 60 years | 14 | 0.8 |
| **Motivational group** | | |
| Demotivating | 505 | 30.3 |
| Neutral | 737 | 44.2 |
| Motivating | 425 | 25.5 |

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## References

Gosling, S. D., Rentfrow, P. J., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2003). A very brief measure of the Big Five personality domains. *Journal of Research in Personality, 37*, 504–528. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0092-6566(03)00046-1

Klimanska, M., & Haletska, I. (2019). Ukrainian adaptation of the short five-factor personality inventory TIPI (TIPI-UKR). *Psychological Journal, 5*(9), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.31108/1.2019.5.9.4

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## Ethics and Data Access

Data were collected anonymously. No personal identifiers are present in this dataset. Participation was voluntary. Ethical clearance was obtained in accordance with the institutional requirements of the affiliated research organization. Users are requested to cite the associated publication when using these data.
